Hailed for his stewardship of Titan Industries where he built a premium brand from scratch and won for it international renown, Xerxes Desai naturally has one of the keenest perspectives on Indian industry. But his equally deep insights into Indian society and development become apparent through this interaction with Christopher Lopaze.

Abdul Nasser Madani, a key accused in the 2008 Bangalore serial blasts, waits in vain for his trial to be speeded up after countless adjourned sessions of court. PN Venugopal recounts the circumstances of the case and talks to Madani himself to discover how rules become exceptions in such cases.

In December 2012, retired Justice K S Puttaswamy filed a PIL that recently culminated in the Supreme Court passing an interim order, forbidding
authorities to make Aadhaar mandatory for provision of essential services.
Bosky Khanna
finds out what his key objections to this ambitious project are.

As the spectre of communal violence raises its ugly head yet again in the build-up towards elections, India Together talks to
Ramachandra Guha
to explore the threats to the secular imagination in India and the hopes for religious pluralism in the democracy.

Suzette Jordan
was labelled a prostitute and an anti-government conspirator when she alleged rape in a moving car on the streets of Kolkata. Her
frank conversation with
Vinita A Shetty
reveals why the atrocity of abuse is not the only thing that shatters the life of a rape victim.

With the government clearing Telangana as India's 29th state, long-standing demands for separate states in other parts of the country have gained
fresh momentum. This could be a foretelling of many more states to come, but would that necessarily augur ill for the unity of India?
Noted historian Ramachandra Guha shares his thoughts.

Given the complex and dynamic political scenario in India today, where is the country's leadership headed? How will people vote in the assembly elections this year and how will it impact the national outcome? Eminent political scientist Sandeep Shastri shares his views on that and more with
Satarupa Sen Bhattacharya

Karnataka's new chief minister Siddaramaiah is certainly more left-leaning than some of his counterparts in the Congress party at the Centre.
Fielding questions on Kannada TV's Suvarna News, he displays a calm demeanour to round off the tough-man image he has cultivated over the
years. India Together brings you translated excerpts from the interview.

Bangalore, once the poster-boy of new age India and its development, is now crumbling, having been sorely let down by the administration and politics of the state. As Karnataka heads for polls,
Subramaniam Vincent, discusses the prospects and necessary preconditions for change with independent MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar.

Meet M B Santosh, one of India's only three FIFA-accredited referees, who drives an auto-rickshaw and works as caretaker of an apartment in Kottayam, Kerala to support a family of five. Here, he shares the incredible story of his life and passion with
P N Venugopal.

While the global epidemic of violence against women (VAW) stems from a culture of misplaced masculinity, the role of men in ending the same cannot be ignored. Mallika Dutt, CEO of global human rights organization Breakthrough, talks to
India Together
on the Bell Bajao! campaign that emphasises the fact.

"The producer wanted to make a good film, and we didn't think about anything else", says Unni Vijayan,
director of the national award-winning film Lessons in Forgetting.
Padmalatha Ravi
catches up with the director to know more about this film and its making.